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Gibraltar make history with first ever competitive win

Published 14:02 14 Oct 2018 BST

Updated 14:03 14 Oct 2018 BST

Simon Lloyd
Gibraltar make history with first ever competitive win

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See? It's not all bad, this Nations League business.

Having only become a Uefa-affiliated team in 2013, Gibraltar had lost every single one of their qualifying matches for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup. There only two victories - over Malta and Latvia - had come in friendlies. However, taking on Armenia in Yerevan, they were able to record their first ever competitive victory courtesy of a second-half penalty from Joseph Chipolina. Armenia, who had Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan in their side, remain above Gibraltar in group D4 but only on goal difference. The full-time whistle was greeted with scenes of celebration from the visiting players and coaching staff, as can be seen in the videos below. https://twitter.com/Ditvi_Na/status/1051209226104778753 https://twitter.com/GibraltarFA/status/1051177751540105216 The Armenian FA also apologised to Gibraltar after the wrong national anthem was played instead of theirs before kick-off. Instead, the anthem of Liechtenstein was mistakenly played in the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium.

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